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Reply #15 –
Get my car running again.....

 
1985 Mercury Cougar V6
1989 F-200 V8
1996 Explorer V6
2001 F-150

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Reply #16 –
351W
C6 (if I can make it fit)
Paint
Maybe dig up some nice wheels :dunno:

That all depends on how much $$$ I have to pour into my Zephyr, and wether I get a p/u i've been working a deal on, and wether I road trip this summer again or actually find a real job and maybe start a career (this is why I dont plan ahead) I should also add that those were the plans for last summer aswell :rolleyes:
1980 birds X 3, 1982 bird, 1984 XR7, 1988 TC

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Reply #17 –
The Cougar:

Complete all-new custom interior
repaint the engine bay... hopefully!

The '90 Bronco:

Fix the suspension
4 inch lift
new tires

The '79 Bronco:

Just get the  thing running!

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Reply #18 –
I have to agree with MexCougar, gettin my car running is at the top of my list, then ill worry about other things.
'86 cougar gone to the big yard.
'86&'88 Jeep Comanches.

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Reply #19 –
Get the LR fender fixed where someone bounced off it sometime during the night a few days ago, if the Insurance will pay and not just write it off. Doesn't look that bad. Needs a new tire and the 10-hole rim's outer lip is bent about 1/8".  :mad:

Maybe swap out the melted dimmer switch? There's been one in the "project" box for a year or two.  :grinno:

Replace the LF fender with the one standing over there in the side hallway (the one that doesn't have a rust hole down by the rocker). Aw heck, it's waited 2 1/2 years, what's another year?  :dunno:

I should get the alignment fixed, as it's been out of whack (though "within specs") since I lowered it 5 years back. Sure turns nice with all that negative camber, though.  :shakehead

Maybe do something with the buttstuffog clusters? They've been patiently waiting for 7 1/2 years.  :screwy:

Of course, I could fabricate some kind of surround for the "incorrect" headlights I put in to replace the Aero- that shone like a flashlight with dead batteries. Almost 9 years since they went in.  :shoothead

Or maybe s it and buy a Chevy?  :brick:


Okay, new topic:  "what does everyone have planned for '05?"....
That they actually expect to get done?  :D
Death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth.

1988 5.0 Bird, mostly stock, partly not, now gone to T-Bird heaven.
1990 Volvo 740GL. 114 tire-shredding horsies, baby!

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Reply #20 –
If i have a job and some money saved Put my current cougar in storage and get a 99 or 2000.

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Reply #21 –
Cats before I have to go for emissions
Tranny work
Interior work such as a dash cap, maybe get my seats redone
Hopefully a new paint job.

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Reply #22 –
-13" brake conversion
-CHE adjustable upper & lower control arms
-find springs I can use
-caster/camber plates
-weld up better sub frames
-New fenders
-new header panel
-long tubes
-gauges
-trickflow diff. cover & trans pan (of corse)
-dyno tune
-strip the interior
-possably a body kit
-and then its going to a paint shop and Ill be too afraid to drive it! :giggle:



-buy an 05 harley F150
:laughing: I can dream


1987 cougar XR7 347 stroker FRP BOSS block 328rwhp 10.89 1/4mile @126mph ..so far..

2005 F150 5.4 vortec supercharged @15psi water methenol injected 450rwhp 14.0@98mph on 22's

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Reply #23 –
get the TC rolling and:
-booooooooooost
-3" exhaust
-intake of some sort
-few small odds and ends
-refinish the snowflakes

for the 3.8 bird:
-kill the 3.8
-slap together a 5.0
-piece together a cheap 5-speed setup
-make it run maybe
It's Gumby's fault.

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Reply #24 –
project victor jr.. :evilgrin: and maybe a few dyno runs to see before and after the intake..  i might rebuild the blower again it won't be much fun going to cat jam again with out it..  i  installed a new dvd player in my dash vs the one i had in my visor for years..
thinking of audio stuff i'm toying with the idea of making a new subwoofer enclosure with 10 or 12  6-1/2" woofers..vs the 4 8's i'm useing now..go ahead guys say it why not just use 12's or something.. never!!!i've allways work to achive the proper sound repoduction!!! in my systems.. and large woofers just don't do it.. and i live bands use up to 18's and some larger.. but thats for sound reinforcment in large arenas.. and the drivers they use are pro style drivers and hardly move at all even with lots of wattage..totaly diffrent from the tipical woofer sold... tipical woofers move way to much which makes them sloppy which is great for SPL ie db drags.. but is the pits for sound repoduction.. anyway i allready updtaed my doors rear deck and dash..doors7"woofers 4"mids and tweeters..same in the rear deck..and in the dash 4"mids and tweeters and working on adding more to the dash with some woofers but have'nt come up with any ideas yet..i refuse to hack up my dash to do so but i'm working on it..
i managed to stuff all that in my doors,rear deck and dash with out hacking them all up so i'm not going to start now..

and i think thats about it..


Nick
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there's only about a half a dozen man made objects that are herd by the human ear below 40Hz,a pipe organ,thunder,the space shuttle lifting off,a jet airplane taking off or landing,a large canon,an atomic bomb ignited in your back yard and the heat wave afterward oh wait you would be dead so you would'nt hear it scratch that!,and maybe beating your hear against a wall less then 40 times a second..rap music is'nt one of them!thats 40-60Hz@100+db the moving air is under 40Hz

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Reply #25 –
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and maybe a few dyno runs

dont kid yourself
It's Gumby's fault.

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Reply #26 –
Quote from: Tbird232ci
dont kid yourself
:raspberry:flip: :raspberry
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there's only about a half a dozen man made objects that are herd by the human ear below 40Hz,a pipe organ,thunder,the space shuttle lifting off,a jet airplane taking off or landing,a large canon,an atomic bomb ignited in your back yard and the heat wave afterward oh wait you would be dead so you would'nt hear it scratch that!,and maybe beating your hear against a wall less then 40 times a second..rap music is'nt one of them!thats 40-60Hz@100+db the moving air is under 40Hz

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Reply #27 –
Tom get your 406 in NOW lol.  :flip:

Mods for 05:
Build AOD
floor shift conversion
install race seats
install custom dash cluster(thx Dustin) w/Autometer gauges
31 spline Eaton posi/moser axles
11" Front brakes
Draglites
S&W rollbar with custom subframes
Upper/Lower control arms(havent decided which ones)

Hit the 11s!!  :evilgrin:
1988 Tbird Stock bottom end 306, Windsor Jr's, Explorer intake, 125 shot.
Best ET: 12.11 Best MPH: 113.8 1/4 mile

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Reply #28 –
Well, back in September, some idiot smashed in the lights and trunk lid on my car, so I have to get that fixed.
I need to do something about my transmission, which grinds second when it is cold.  I was just thinking of buying a Motorsport t5.
I would like to put a Mustang K member in, but I have to see if I have enough motivation for that.  I may try a polyurethane transmission mount to tighten things up a little bit.
I need to take care of a noise in the rear suspension.  It sounds like the bushings are bad, or the spring isolator.  I may just try a set of those control arms everybody has been talking about. 
I would like to put a set of heads on it also, but that might have to wait till next year. :)
1988 Thunderbird
5.0 HO, t5, TC rear, TC brakes, etc. - Gone

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Reply #29 –
5.0 h0 swap
T-5 swap
install handbrake
get seats from xr-7
Maybe just maybe get the car painted (depends on funds, may have to sell the SHO to make that happen this year)